LEED V4 GA TEST QUESTIONS REVIEW 2026
VERIFIED GRADED A+
⩥ What is the LEED standard for Indoor Air Quality Answer: 62.1
⩥ How many points must a LEED Gold project earn? Answer: 60-79
⩥ How many points must a LEED Silver project earn? Answer: 50-59
⩥ What is the lowest level of LEED Certification Answer: Certified
⩥ How many levels are there of LEED Certification? Answer: Four
Levels
⩥ Who manages the LEED Certification process? Answer: GBCI
⩥ Who developed the LEED Impact Categories? Answer: U.S. Green
Building Council (USGBC)
⩥ What type of system is one that materials and resources are
constantly brought in from the outside, used in
some way, and then released outside the system in some form of
waste? Answer: Open System
,⩥ What is an intense workshop designed to produce specific
deliverables called Answer: Charrette
⩥ A project is renovating an existing building and wants to use green
building strategies. What is the first step the design team should do?
Answer: Set Goals
⩥ Which of these is the result of toilets and urinals? Answer:
Blackwater
⩥ Which of these fixtures use gallons per minute (gpm) to measure
water consumption? Answer: Indoor flow Fixtures
⩥ Using drought-tolerant native or adapted plants along with rocks,
bark mulch, and other landscape elements is called Answer:
Xeriscaping
⩥ A project team has incorporated Rainwater Management strategies
by installing an open-grid parking lot and reducing the impervious
pavement surrounding the project site buildings. What other
environmental impact is reduced by this design? Answer: Heat Island
Effect
⩥ The result of using flat, dark surfaces of roadways, parking lots,
and tarred rooftops that absorb and retain the sun's heat during the day
and are slow to radiate it at night is known as Answer: Heat Island
Effect
,⩥ Which of these is a major concept in the integrative process that is
integral to green building and sustainability? Answer: Systems
thinking
⩥ The "Prius Effect" is an example of a(n) Answer: negative feedback
loop
⩥ Which of these describes the integrative process approach to
designing a LEED project? Answer: Accounting for the interactions
among all buildings and site systems
⩥ Which of these is an important tool in the iterative process?
Answer: Charrette
⩥ Which of these treaties banned the production of
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants and is phasing out
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants? Answer: The Montreal
Protocol
⩥ What refrigerant can be used by a LEED product? Answer:
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC)
⩥ ASHRAE Standard 189.1 can be as an alternate path to compliance
to what building code? Answer: IGCC
, ⩥ The ASHRAE Standard 52 determines what for air filters? Answer:
Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
⩥ Which of these purchases would meet the requirement for being
obtained locally for LEED Material and
Resources (MR) credits? Answer: Stone extracted and processed 80
miles away and purchased within 75 miles from the project site
⩥ What is pre-consumer recycled material? Answer: Material diverted
from the waste stream during the manufacturing process and used for
another
purpose
⩥ A non-profit organization is planning to rent three floors of an
existing 15-story building. What LEED rating
system would you recommend to the project team to follow? Answer:
LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors
⩥ 8. What is the intent of the Materials and Resources (MR) credit
Construction and Demolition Waste
Management Planning credit? Answer: To divert waste from disposal
in landfills
⩥ Which of these are addressed by a construction activity pollution
prevention plan? Answer: Controlling airborne dust generation
VERIFIED GRADED A+
⩥ What is the LEED standard for Indoor Air Quality Answer: 62.1
⩥ How many points must a LEED Gold project earn? Answer: 60-79
⩥ How many points must a LEED Silver project earn? Answer: 50-59
⩥ What is the lowest level of LEED Certification Answer: Certified
⩥ How many levels are there of LEED Certification? Answer: Four
Levels
⩥ Who manages the LEED Certification process? Answer: GBCI
⩥ Who developed the LEED Impact Categories? Answer: U.S. Green
Building Council (USGBC)
⩥ What type of system is one that materials and resources are
constantly brought in from the outside, used in
some way, and then released outside the system in some form of
waste? Answer: Open System
,⩥ What is an intense workshop designed to produce specific
deliverables called Answer: Charrette
⩥ A project is renovating an existing building and wants to use green
building strategies. What is the first step the design team should do?
Answer: Set Goals
⩥ Which of these is the result of toilets and urinals? Answer:
Blackwater
⩥ Which of these fixtures use gallons per minute (gpm) to measure
water consumption? Answer: Indoor flow Fixtures
⩥ Using drought-tolerant native or adapted plants along with rocks,
bark mulch, and other landscape elements is called Answer:
Xeriscaping
⩥ A project team has incorporated Rainwater Management strategies
by installing an open-grid parking lot and reducing the impervious
pavement surrounding the project site buildings. What other
environmental impact is reduced by this design? Answer: Heat Island
Effect
⩥ The result of using flat, dark surfaces of roadways, parking lots,
and tarred rooftops that absorb and retain the sun's heat during the day
and are slow to radiate it at night is known as Answer: Heat Island
Effect
,⩥ Which of these is a major concept in the integrative process that is
integral to green building and sustainability? Answer: Systems
thinking
⩥ The "Prius Effect" is an example of a(n) Answer: negative feedback
loop
⩥ Which of these describes the integrative process approach to
designing a LEED project? Answer: Accounting for the interactions
among all buildings and site systems
⩥ Which of these is an important tool in the iterative process?
Answer: Charrette
⩥ Which of these treaties banned the production of
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) refrigerants and is phasing out
hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) refrigerants? Answer: The Montreal
Protocol
⩥ What refrigerant can be used by a LEED product? Answer:
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFC)
⩥ ASHRAE Standard 189.1 can be as an alternate path to compliance
to what building code? Answer: IGCC
, ⩥ The ASHRAE Standard 52 determines what for air filters? Answer:
Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value
⩥ Which of these purchases would meet the requirement for being
obtained locally for LEED Material and
Resources (MR) credits? Answer: Stone extracted and processed 80
miles away and purchased within 75 miles from the project site
⩥ What is pre-consumer recycled material? Answer: Material diverted
from the waste stream during the manufacturing process and used for
another
purpose
⩥ A non-profit organization is planning to rent three floors of an
existing 15-story building. What LEED rating
system would you recommend to the project team to follow? Answer:
LEED ID+C: Commercial Interiors
⩥ 8. What is the intent of the Materials and Resources (MR) credit
Construction and Demolition Waste
Management Planning credit? Answer: To divert waste from disposal
in landfills
⩥ Which of these are addressed by a construction activity pollution
prevention plan? Answer: Controlling airborne dust generation
